Regime Change | Maggie Haberman & Jonathan Swan

Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump

Accolades & Praise

• Definitive Account: A riveting, intimate, and revelatory look at the most radical and consequential presidency of our time.
• Unprecedented Access: Based on hundreds of interviews and deep reporting from within the administration’s most closely guarded rooms.

Extended Synopsis

From the two reporters who have covered him more closely than perhaps anyone else over the past decade comes this definitive portrait of Donald Trump in the White House. Regime Change covers the first year of Trump’s second presidency—a term liberated from every constraint that defined his first. The generals who once told him no are gone, and the lawyers who remain have learned to pick their battles. Operating almost entirely on instinct alone, he has ignored court orders and claimed powers that Congress once checked.

Taking readers inside the Situation Room and into secret Oval Office deliberations, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan chronicle decisions that have remade the global trading system and launched military operations that shocked the world. They reveal a second term propelled by a historical irony: that indictments, convictions, and assassination attempts made the President not weaker, but far more powerful, more vengeful, and more willing to gamble than any President in modern history.

This is the story of how Trump has used that power, who has tried to stop him, and why nearly all of them have failed. A landmark real-time history of a modern presidency like no other, it documents an executive who has fundamentally altered the nature of the office he holds—and, with it, how the rest of the world understands American power.

About the Authors

Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan are two of the most distinguished and deeply sourced political journalists of their generation. Known for their unparalleled access and rigorous reporting on the executive branch, they have extensively chronicled the political rise, administration, and ongoing influence of Donald Trump.

Reader Targeting

• Readers seeking deeply reported, real-time political history and journalism.
• Those interested in the executive branch, presidential powers, and modern American government.
• Followers of comprehensive political biographies and behind-the-scenes White House narratives.

Bibliographic & Physical Specifications

Frequently Asked Questions

What period of time does this book cover?
Regime Change focuses extensively on the events, decisions, and behind-the-scenes dynamics of the first year of Donald Trump's second presidential term.

Is this a primary source account?
The book is built on hundreds of interviews and unprecedented reporting from deep within the administration, capturing high-stakes deliberations from the Situation Room and the Oval Office.

Does this edition include a dust jacket?
Yes, this first edition hardcover is bound in a sturdy material and includes the original dust jacket.

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